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Title: Mirrors
Tags: users
Date: 16 January 2024
Author: LABORATORIUM

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Mirrors intend to explore the meanings of more-than-human and deep ecology within the post-anthropocentric paradigm, addressing the urgency and recontextualising its values and aesthetics.
The project, done in collaboration with the designer Chiara Scarpitti, uses mirrors to symbolise the connection between humans and animals by coating metallic pieces with a nanofilm of synthetic melanin that produces structural colours. The different hues depend on their thickness.

These contemporary jewels mimic the nanostructures present in a wide number of organisms, where colours are based on light interaction with these structures rather than pigments. As in nature, the whole perception of colours requires participation from the viewer to find the right angle where the light interferes with the nanostructure.

[More info](https://ecologyofcolour.be/projects/mirrors)